# Industrial action set to hit Kwinana grain port all next week | Farm Online | ACT

> Unions MUA and ETU members at CBH's Kwinana grain terminal in Western Australia voted to escalate industrial action. CBH says rolling 24-hour work stoppages will run from 1 to 6 September 2025, coinciding with the planned annual terminal shutdown.

- Date: 2025-08-27 · published 2025-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23327-industrial-action-set-to-hit-kwinana-grain-port-all-next-week-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Stoppages at a major WA grain export terminal during its maintenance shutdown could slow loading and add maintenance backlog, supporting modestly firmer Australian wheat and barley export basis.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-25 | [PN industrial action costing Vic grains sector millions \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71505-pn-industrial-action-costing-vic-grains-sector-millions-farm-online-act.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-08 | [Grain industry may be hit by MUA and Qube Ports dispute \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26509-grain-industry-may-be-hit-by-mua-and-qube-ports-dispute-farm-online-act.md) | -0.2% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-28 | [Automation dispute threatens Australia's grain export supply \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23331-automation-dispute-threatens-australia-s-grain-export-supply-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-28 | [Intracontinental shipments set to top 03 \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61047-intracontinental-shipments-set-to-top-03-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-30 | [Unions vote in favour of protected action at CBH Kwinana - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23752-unions-vote-in-favour-of-protected-action-at-cbh-kwinana-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/9051528/industrial-action-set-to-hit-kwinana-grain-port-all-next-week/

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